"The Craft Group" plus...

When a friend of mine makes a quilt for one of her grandchildren, she takes them along to pick out the fabrics they would like. Even if she is not keen on their choices, she works with it and the results are gorgeous and personal. Today at The Craft Group, Bev I had a knitted rug for "Show and Tell". Her 6 year old grandson was quite specific about what he wanted... It had to have some white patches in it. And because he sometimes gets hot feet, it has to have openings for his feet! How crazy cute is that! A Grandchild creating something innovative together with his grandma. I love it!

A project a day! I have so many photos of lovely things which have not yet appeared here on the blog. So, I am featuring a new craft item every day for 2 weeks, all made by ladies at The Craft Group. To continue… Project 2: Baby singlets embroidered by Elaine T . If you want to create items that people love to receive as gifts, embroider baby singlets.  So lovely! Especially for Aussie babies who often will be in just a singlet on these lovely hot summer days. These were embellished by Elaine T, our multi talented Quilting teacher.

Inspire your teenage girls to try a new design for their friendship bracelets. I like the fishtail style shown here in a tutorial by "Carrots 'n spice". from carrots 'n spice Have fun!

We are almost at the end of a 2 week winter holiday. In the first week our church ran our annual Holiday Bible Club. A great week of working together as a church family to provide a fun place for kids to come and hear about the best news they could ever hear. So it was very fun and very worthwhile. Here is one little idea I'd like to share. As each child registered at our "Jungle Jamboree" HBC, they received a "Jungle Survival Pack". Inside was a chatterbox all made up, with all the questions written on it already. An instant game. Then there was a find-a-word puzzle made using words relating to our HBC. Then there was the little pack of real jungle survival nutrition... monkey poo, killer baby snakes and a giant spider egg*. That was a huge hit with the kids. Then there was some info about our church and an invitation to join us and check out our church website. Oh and a packet of Scoobie doo biscuits. Some lovely volunteers, Carla, R...

Bev I. is at it again. When Wendy P had a great grand son, Bev made her this Clutch Ball (also known as a Baby Grab Ball) to give to the little man. I'm calling it an Eye Spy Clutch Ball because of all the interesting fabrics she has used. Blocks of colour are all on the outsides and inside each section is something else to look for. This makes it more that a baby toy. It can be used for little eye spy games for the toddler or preschooler too. You can tell Bev used to be a primary school teacher!  And a clever, crafty one at that! Want to make one? Check out this  Tutorial here

My girls love to do their nails in fun and creative ways. Recently when Annalee was sitting for days after her knee operation, the smell of nail polish often permeated the room. This is one design she did for Heidi: and then she did these rainbow nails for Heidi: For herself, she experimented with shading 2 different colours. Black and Burgundy: You can see the shading clearer here. She found out how to do it on the internet. It involved pouring a little polish onto some plastic and dabbing it on with a makeup sponge. My photo doesn't do it justice. It was very striking. Oh to have time to do your nails! Although when I sit for a few hours (my knee op is this fri eeek!) There are many other things I'd like to be doing. My list is way too long! Pretty!

The school holidays are nearly over. Some kids have one more week. Why not get creative and make some pretty lanterns to hang in your bedroom? (Caitlin and Ryan... if you make one and take a photo, I'll put it on the blog!) A teacher at school made these with her grade 3 class.  I was the photographer, so I captured the pictorial step-by-step instructions.